Recent New Books
The following is a listing of new titles purchased by the Oldham County Public Library system during the month listed.
See also "Booking Ahead" for a list of books that have recently been ordered.
May 2008
NEW ADULT FICTION
AFRICIAN AMERICAN
Byrd, Adrianne, To love a Stranger
Dickey, Eric Jerome, Pleasure
McBride, James, Song Yet Sung
CHIC LIT/WOMEN’S FICTION
Flowers, Rebecca, Nice to Come Home To
Lee, Linda Francis, The Ex-Debutante
DOMESTIC FICTION
Lahiri, Jhumpa, Unaccustomed Earth
McMahan, Janna, Calling Home
Pezzelli, Peter, Every Sunday
Pezzelli, Peter, Home to Italy
Weisgall, Deborah, The World Before Her
FANTASY (SCIENCE FICTION)
Butcher, Jim, Blood Rites
Butcher, Jim, Dead Beat
Butcher, Jim, Death Masks
Butcher, Jim, Small Favor: a novel of the Dresden Files
Butcher, Jim, Summer Knight
Lackey, Mercedes, And Less than Kind
Nylund, Eric, The Fall of Reach
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Takahashi, Rumiko, Inuyasha Ani-Manga, vol. 25
Takahashi, Rumiko, Inuyasha Ani-Manga, vol. 26
HISTORICAL FICTION
Aston, Elizabeth, The Darcy Connection
Balogh, Mary, Simply Perfect
Gear, W. Michael, People of the Weeping Eye
Le Guin, Ursula, Lavinia
Morton, Kate, The House at Riverton
Shors, John, Beneath a Marble Sky: a love Story
HUMEROUS
Crouch, Katie, Girls in Trucks
Grazer, Gigi Levangie, The Starter Wife
MacDowell, Heather, Turning Tables
Rutherfurd, Edward, The Princes of Ireland: the Dublin Saga
Wolitzer, Meg, The Ten-Year Nap
INSPIRATIONAL FICTION
Halter, Marek, Mary of Nazareth
KENTUCKY FICTION/AUTHOR
Giles, Janice Hold, Act of Contrition
MYSTERY
Albert, Susan Wittig, Nightshade
Andrews, V.C., Secrets in the Shadows
Barr, Nevada, Winter Study
Childs, Laura, The Silver Needle Murder
Clark, Carol Higgins, Zapped: a Regan Reilly Mystery
Crider, Bill, A Mammoth Murder
Daheim, Mary, The Alpine Traitor: an Emma Lord Mystery
Estleman, Loren, Frames
George, Elizabeth, Careless in Red
George, Elizabeth, For the Sake of Elena
Gruber, Michael, The Forgery of Venus
Hart, Carolyn, Death Walked in: a death on demand mystery
Hess, Joan, Mummy Dearest
Leon, Donna, The Girl of his Dreams
Meier, Leslie, New Year’s Eve Murder: a Lucy Stone mystery
Page, Katherine Hall, The Body in the Gallery: A Faith Fairchild Mystery
Patterson, James, Sundays a Tiffany’s
Penny, Louise, The Cruelest Month: a Three Pines mystery
Price, Richard, Lush Life
Sanford, John, Phantom Prey
Smith, Alexander McCall, The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Wambaugh, Joseph, Hollywood Crows
PSYCHOLOGICAL FICTION
Boaz, Amy, A Richer Dust
Harris, Joanne, The Girl with no Shadow
Hoffman, Alice, The Third Angel
Itani, Frances, Remembering the Bones
Macomber, Debbie, Twenty Wishes
Noble, Elizabeth, Things I Want my Daughters to Know
Sarvas, Mark, Harry, revised
ROMANCE (ROMANTIC SUSPENSE)
Andrews, Mary Kay, Deep Dish
Ashley, Jennifer, Highlander Ever After
Bevarly, Elizabeth, Fast & Loose
Dailey, Janet, Lone Calder Star
Delinsky, Barbara, Suddenly
Deveraux, Jude, Secrets
Feather, Jane, To Wed a Wicked Prince
Fforde, Katie, Practically Perfect
Frank, Dorothea Benton, Bulls Island
Macomber, Debbie, The Manning Sister
Quick, Amanda, The Third Circle
Robards, Karen, Guilty
Roberts, Nora, The Hollow
Steel, Danielle, The Cottage
Thomas, Sherry, Private Arrangements
Trollope, Joanna, Friday Nights: a novel
Weiner, Jennifer, Certain Girls
SHORT STORIES
Alcott, Louisa May, Short Stories
Strout, Elizabeth, Olive Kitteridge
THRILLERS
Atkins, Ace, Wicked City
Baldacci, David, The Whole Truth
Berenson, Alex, The Ghost War
Black, Benjamin, The Silver Swan
Clark, Mary Higgins, Where are You Now?
Coben, Harlan, Hold Tight
Gross, Andrew, The Dark Tide
Gruber, Michael, The Forgery of Venus
Harrison, Colin, The Finder
Hughes, Declan, The Price of Blood: an Irish novel of Suspense
Jackson, Lisa, Lost Souls
Johansen, Iris, Quicksand
McCarry, Charles, The Better Angels
Perry, Thomas, Fidelity
Stone, David, The Orpheus Deception
Von Ditfurth, Christian, A Paragon of Virtue
Woods, Stuart, Santa Fe Dead
WESTERNS
Enger, Leif, So Brave, Young, and Handsome
Adult Fiction in LARGE Print Format
FICTION
Berg, Elizabeth, The Day I Ate Whatever I wanted: and other small acts of liberation
Box, C.J., Blue Heaven
Clark, Mary Higgins, Where Are You Now?
Francis, Dick, Second Wind
Gruen, Sara, Water for Elephants
Johansen, Iris, Quicksand
Johnson, Denis, Tree of Smoke
Kellerman, Jonathan, Compulsion: an Alex Delaware novel
Moning, Karen Marie, Bloodfever
Quick, Amanda, The Third Circle
Palmer, Diana, The Morcai Battalion
Perry, Anne, Buckingham Palace Gardens
Radish, Kris, Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA
Ross, Ann B., Miss Julia Paints the Town
Taylor, Patrick, An Irish Country Doctor
White, Randy Wayne, Black Widow
Woods, Stuart, Santa Fe Dead
NON-FICTION
Home: a Memoir of My Early Years / Julie Andrews (bio.)
Dead of Night / J.D. Robb
NEW ADULT NON-FICTION
BIOGRAPHY
A Chant to soothe wild elephants: a memoir / Jaed Coffin
Grand Obsession: a piano odyssey / Perri Knize
Losing It: and gaining my life back one pound at a time / Valerie Bertinelli
Made from Scratch: a memoir / Sandra Lee
My Maggie / Richard King
The Open Road: the global journey of the fourteenth Dalai Lama / Pico Iyer
A Paper Life / Tatum O’Neal
The Place to be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News / Roger Mudd
Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the rise of modern Conservatism / William Link
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Awakening the entrepreneur within: how ordinary people can create extraordinary companies / Gerber
Bag the Elephant!: how to win & keep big customers / Kaplan
Cash-rich retirement: use the investing techniques of the mega-wealthy to secure your retirement future / Schlagheck
Crucibles of leadership: how to learn from experience to become a great leader / Thomas
Executive coaching for results: the definitive guide to developing organizational
leaders / Underhill
The Quiet Millionaire: a guide for accumulating and keeping your wealth / Wilder
CAREERS
How to self-destruct: making the least of what’s left of your career and what to do if you fail at failing / Seiden
CONSUMER HEALTH & FITNESS
Brain rules: 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school / Medina
I need an Operation…now what?: a patient’s guide to a safe and successful
outcome / Russell
The Real Deal guide to pregnancy: fresh and practical advice for navigating the next nine months / Lenkert
Strong at the broken places: five voices of illness, a chorus of hope / Cohen
The Thyroid Solution: a revolutionary mind-body program for regaining your emotional and physical health / Arem
The Working Woman’s Pregnancy Book / Greenfield
COOKERY
Cookies / King
The Eat Well Cookbook: [dairy-free and gluten-free recipes for food lovers] / Purser
How to Throw a Great Derby Party / Wylie
Martha Stewart’s Wedding Cakes
Southern Living Homestyle Cookbook: Over 400
The Splendid table’s, how to eat supper: recipes, stories, and opinions from public radio’s award winning food show / Kasper
Weight Watchers Magazine annual recipes for success
CRAFTS & HOBBIES
Country Living: crafting a business: making money doing what you love / Fitzgerald
Itty-bitty hats: cute and cuddly caps to knit for babies and toddlers / Anderson
EDUCATION (STUDY GUIDES)
How to prepare for the Real Estate Licensing exam and have a great career / Harrison
Passing the Written DMV Test (dvd)
Small Claims Court guidebook / Spadaccini
ENVIRONMENT
The complete Idiot’s Guide to Green Living / Riley
Global negotiation: the new rules / Requejo
Green from the ground up: sustainable, healthy, and energy efficient home
construction / Johnston
Green housekeeping: in which the nontoxic avenger shows you how to improve
your health and that of your family while you save time, money, and perhaps your
sanity / Sandbeck
The Hot Topic: what we can do about global warming / Walker
FAMILY/PARENTING
Beautiful Boy: a father’s journey through his son’s addiction / Sheff
GARDENING/LANDSCAPING
Ultimate guide to fences, arbors, & trellises: plan, design, build / Donegan (editor)
HISTORY
American Rhapsody / Eszterhas
The Atlas of Archaeology / Aston
Atlas of Medieval Europe/MacKay
Atlas of World History / Haywood
Behind the Lines: powerful and revealing American and foreign war letters – and one man’s search to find them / Carroll
The Foxfire Book: hog dressing: log cabin building: mountain crafts and foods; planting by the signs; snake lore, hunting tales, faith healing; moonshining; and other affairs of plain living / Wigginton
Ladies of Liberty: the women who shaped our Nation / Roberts
Lords of Battle: the world of the Celtic Warrior / Allen
Patrick O’Brian’s navy: the illustrated companion to Jack Aubrey’s World / De Ste.Croix
The Wagner Clan: the saga of Germany’s most illustrious and infamous family / Carr
LITERATURE
Armageddon in Retrospect: and other new and unpublished writings on War and
Peace / Vonnegut
MUSIC
Girls like us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon – and the journey of a
generation / Weller
NATURE
The Young Birder’s Guide to birds of eastern North America / Thompson
PETS
The Pig who sang to the Moon: the emotional world of farm animals / Masson
POETRY/SHORT STORIES
Gulf Music / Pinsky
Honey and Salt / Sandburg
New Trails: twenty-three original stories of the West from western writers of
America / Jakes
Twelve Years of Christmas / McKuen
POLITICAL SCIENCE
An Inconvenient Book: real solutions to the world’s worst problems / Beck
Dreams and Shadows: the future of the Middle East / Wright
Homo Politicus: the strange and barbaric tribes of the beltway / Milbank
How to Rig an Election: confessions of a Republican Operative / Raymond
The Spirit of Democracy: the struggle to build free societies throughout the
world / Diamond
Three cups of Tea: one man’s mission to promote peace – one school at a
time / Mortenson
Where have all the Leaders Gone? / Iacocca
PSYCHOLOGY
10,000 Dreams Interpreted / Miller
The Complete Book of Dreams / Parker
Drunk, Divorced & Covered in Cat Hair / Perry
The Gift of Fear: survival signals that protect us from Violence / De Becker
The Terror Dream: fear and fantasy in post-9/11 America / Faludi
RELIGION
3:16: The Numbers of Hope / Lucado
90 minutes in Heaven: a true story of death & life / Piper
Bringing Elizabeth Home: a journey of Faith and Hope / Smart
Intelligence for Your Life: Powerful Lessons for Personal Growth / Tesh
One Month to Live: thirty days to a no-regrets life / Shook
Reasons to believe: one man’s journey among the evangelicals and the faith he left behind / Marks
What Jesus Meant / Wills
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
Everyday Math for Dummies / Seiter
SELF HELP/LIFE SKILLS
Ask for It: how women can use the power of negotiation to get what they really
want / Babcock
SOCIAL SCIENCE
The Great Neighborhood Book: a do-it-yourself guide to placemaking / Walljasper
SPANISH LANGUAGE
Ano 2008: tu horóscopo personal: previsiones mes a mes para cada signo / Polansky
El poder de la atracción: cinco pasos sencillos para crear paz interior y opulencia
exterior / Vitale
La suma de los días / Allende
SPORTS & RECREATION
Always by My Side / Nantz
Arnie & Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and golf’s greatest rivalry / O’Connor
Baseball fundamentals: hitting, pitching, infield, outfield & base running (dvd)
Can I keep my Jersey?: 11 teams, 5 countries, and 4 years in my life as a Basketball Vagabond / Shirley
TECHNOLOGY
Everything is miscellaneous: the power of the new digital disorder / Weinberger
TRAVEL
The complete travel detective bible: the consummate insider tells you what you need to know in an increasingly complex world / Greenberg
MUSIC
Barry Louis Polisar / Juno: music from the motion picture
Chick Corea / The Enchantment
Gloria Estefan / 90 Millas
Gnarles Barkley / St. Elsewhere
James Newton Howard / Signs
James Newton Howard / The Village
Joni Mitchell / River: the Joni letters
K.D. Lang / Watershed
Levon Helm / Dirt Farmer
Mary J. Blige / Growing Pains
Monty Python / The album of the soundtrack of the trailer of the film of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
Pat Metheny / Day Trip
Sheryl Crow / Detours
Steve Earle / Washington Square Serenade
FILMS
ADULT
Alone in the Dark
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Atonement
August the First
Elizabeth: the golden Age
I am Legend
The Invasion
January Man
The Kite Runner
Lion for Lambs
The Mist
Moolaade
The Reaping
The Skulls II
Sweeney Todd: the demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
Varian’s War
Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story
Waterproof
The Water Horse
Why did I get Married?
FAMILY
Barbie Mariposa and her Butterfly Fairy Friends
Brainy baby, The left brain
Scooby-Doo, Halloween Boos and Clues, vol. 3
Scooby-Doo, Monstrous Tails: 4 TV Episodes
Snow Buddies
Stanley, Hop to it, Making Cleanup Fun
SPOKEN WORD BOOKS
FICTION
Andrews, Mary Kay, Deep Dish (cds)
Barr, Nevada, Winter Study (cds)
Beaton, M.C., Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist (cds)
Beaton, M.C., Agatha Raisin and the wizard of Evesham (cds)
Berg, Elizabeth, The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted (cds)
Brown, Rita Mae, The Purrfect Murder (cds)
Du Brul, Jack / Havoc (cds)
Evanovich, Janet, Naughty Neighbor (cds)
Hart, Death Walked In (cds)
Hyde, Catherine, Chasing Windmills (cds)
Kellerman, Jonathan, Compulsion (cds)
Krentz, Jayne Ann, Sizzle and Burn: an Arcane Society novel (cds)
Lippman, Laura, Another thing to Fall (cds)
Martin, Lee, River of Heaven (cds)
Parker, Robert B., Stranger in Paradise (cds)
Patterson, James, The Final Warning (cds)
Pearson, Ridley, Killer Weekend (cds)
Picoult, Jodi, Change of Heart (cds)
Radish, Kris, Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA (cds)
Rand, Ayn, Atlas Shrugged (cds)
Rand, Ayn, The Fountainhead (cds)
Roberts, Nora, Blood Brothers (cds)
Rowland, Laura, The secret adventures of Charlotte Bronte (cds)
Sigler, Scott, Infected (cds)
Spindler, Erica, Last Known Victim (cds)
Steel, Danielle, Honor Thyself (cds)
White, Randy Wayne, Black Widow (cds)
Wilder, Gene, The Woman who Wouldn’t (cds)
Woods, Stuart, Santa Fe Dead (cds)
NON-FICTION
Plato and a Platypus walk into a bar / Cathcart (cds)
Stars in their Courses: the Gettysburg Campaign / Foote (cass)